[Sixth Tone] Canton’s unease: As Mandarin spreads, locals face identity crisis

Amid the push for linguistic unity, languages across China stare at irrelevance. Cantonese is no exception.

Read the article, translated by David Ball: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008922/cantons-unease-as-mandarin-spreads%2C-locals-face-identity-crisis

Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

The article is written by Huang Yarou and additional reporting is by Zheng Siqi, Liang Qihuan, Xu Shiqi, and Zhong Qiao, who are students at Guangzhou University (advised by Li Li). A version of this article originally appeared in News Window. It has been translated and edited for brevity and clarity, and published with permission.

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